Machine for making the leaves



I .To all whom may concern.-

specification, iu'whichi l Figure 1 is .a perspective view of` `my! ina.-V

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Speciiicnlion forming part of'Letters Patent NOSBJQYQ, dated ctolnerl, 1862.

ne it known that' I, TnoM-isfr. Mossen.,

of Farmington, in the county of Stratford and State of Newlampshire, have inventada new .and ImprovedMachine for Making the Leaves ofBlank-Books Complete from a Continuous Bheetpf Paperiand I; do herebyr declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip.- tio'n of thesame, reference being had .tofthe' accompanyingdrawngs,making part of this chine(` Fig. 2 is a perspectiue viewjof the reversc side of the same.- Fig. 3is a longi-l tudinal verticalsection. Figs, 4, 5,' 6, 7, 8, 9,'4 10, 11, and. 12 are" details, which are ,fully eX-n.

plained as the description proceeds.

. Similar letters of reference 1indicate corresponding parts iu all the figures. .l In'the manufacture of blank-books' it has heretofore been the' practice to perforxnthe several operations of' cutting, folding, ruling,

and paging the leaves by separate operations with distinct and separate niaehines for each;

thus requiringl considerable machinery and" the'attendance of one enamore workmento each. machine, and 'consequently greatly'euf hancing the cost ofthe manufacture, besides involving the'. 'outlay .of considerablefcapital to prosecute the business 'extensively and with success.A h y 1- The object 1n view, tlzfenflfore,` 1n my invention is to combine the several operations in one and the same machine by a peculiar arrangement of certain Ydevices for performing each operation in' succession upon a continu- `nussheet ofzpaper in its passage ,from a rollat one end of the. machine to the other end of the same, in which the paper vis first .ruledfupon both sides by means of twosets of fountain-pens.

snitablyarranged -ior'l that purpose; second, the paperlis cross-'ruled with columndines into pagesby-means 'of rules arranged at appro? priate distances asunder'in the face of two rollers operating in connection upon each sidejof' the paper; third, the pages thus formed are numbered by. means of a peculiar device, which stamps'the `number `off each page upon the upper Acorner*thereofduring the vpassage of the paper from one` end ofthe-machine to th'e other; :ifourthhe leaves are ont in folio form;` one by one,ffrdm` the continuous sheet,"l and; fth, theleavesthus' cut are .folded -and .dei

ing.` M H Y In ruling a continuous sheet olf .paper upon i posid regularly in their Properolfder.

plete and ready iorrbindiug..y

` To'enable others skilled in the art titi-insitel 'andluse my invention,'I will proceed'to dei] scribe the same by.jmcans ofi-the annexed drawings; 4 Y In the said 'drawings` H is the frame oiniy machine, at one end of whichL-is axg'anged aA roller,-E, upon which the'paper, g,l(shownin blue:Iines,) which is to 'be formed liuto-book fleaves i's wound." ,(SeeFig. 3.) i

D' Df-are levelingrollers',and A'iA, attlae opposite end 4of the machine, areedrawing rollers, which are'revolyed-witlieqnal velocity bylineans of two equal gears jupon Aone end of the. sha-ft of eaclnroller and .n pulley driven 'a` belt, (represented by -tl1e ..craulr.` I in ."Fig'. 1'.) x l ".Y The papcrg. passes betweenjthe rollers AA, :which are made totpinoh thepaper s'uiciently to draw it from the relier E when they are revolved, fbeing settogether for t-'h'atlpurpose by means .of `set-screws suitably' arranged.

l (Reprcsented'in Figs. 1, =2, 30E the drawings .by the wedges i.) Above the roller E, Larrange alset of fountain-pens," h, Figs-1, 2, `3, 4f such asare ordinarily used for thefpurpo'sef'- -for ruling fthe under surface of the paper,a nd f above the levelingroller. 1)',1 arrangeA another set of fountain-pens, j, for ruling the upper surface .ofthe paper.V The` first set, I L, rule.

upon the rollof paper @which is constantly diminishing in ,diameter -by the Yunwinding' of .the paper, togrovid'e4 forwhchthe said pens -h are arrange in aframe,f, which slides vertically inthe upright portion of' the frameH, .as shown in Figs. 3. and 4, and 'the said pens *are maintained in their "proper relative position with thesurfaceof thc diminishing-roller- YE .by means oftlre `following surfacefroller, arranged in the frame-1f, and revolving vby con tactwith thesurfineoifftlie paperin unwindboth sidesas it. comes from another machine,`

which- 'is desirable, y Ir arrange the levelingro1lers`D D D as fshown in lFig. 4, tlie pens h rnlingkthe under side 'of the sheet, andthe pens j ruling the upper side,'in the' saine in, n?,

ser as il Fig. fthe paperrniolfls is i rectionfindicated by the arrows.

l The crcss-1r l-'nlg or column-lining ci faaconsisting of two ro1lers of wood or metal-,operating 1n connection and having an equal velocity, '1n the faces of which are inserted met-al strips or rules ti, cxtending'leugthwiseoff-,the rollers at the proper distance apart to rule the pages in thc desired form, the rules in one roller being'arrangedrto operate with plain sur-faccsc o of sui'ficiclt'width upon the other roller 'teelten-tau impression ofithe'rules upon thc paper in its passage between the rollers.: z)She said rules t and plain surfaces c Ashould be so arranged thatl their positiohupon the rollers L Linay be' changed to snit the various vforms of coluuiu-rulingu This ma ,l be donc by seenringl them' to the surface ofthe rollers LL by screws 'passin through slots formed in the 'face 'of the ro lors, or insu other .well-'ltnown and effective way. The sai y y rules are inkcdhy contact with the inkico'vered rollers'b4 b vin revolving, which rollers are supplied and covered with inlc, -by, means of the auxiliary roll 2.2, from a suitable fountaiu or ink-receptaclee-such as is used for snp'- `plying ink to power printing-machines. Y

,llhe number of the pageis printed upon the upper coruer'of nach by means of the types -i- V r r, 85e., in the face of vthe cylinders M N, Figs.

i, 2, 'Bfand lhe entire apparatus whichpresents the said types .r r in their proper order and position to give the correct impression is -ciearly'shown in detail in Figs. 3 and 5, and

by sections in Fig. 6, which is an cud view of lthe'entire'apparatus detached from the mal.

chine, Fig. 7 being 'a plan 'and section ofV the saine, and Figs. 8 and Q'bcing details of' the same, which will be presently explained in the proper place. rilhis paging devieeconsistsof A type-cylindersli/I N', secinedupou'epindles F F,and hung in frames S S, which are made to slide longitudinallynpon the guidc-rodsm nl. Fig. 3, by means of the cranks av a and the connecting-rods c2 e, when the said' cranks re- Lvolve. .1 i

Upon oney cud of cach-of the spindles F Foi the ty efcylinders is formed n spiral groeve,

1?-, an the arrangement of the types r r upon the cylinders coincides with the pitch of :the said groove. The opposite end of cach of the said spindles F F is encircled .with a-spiral spring, s,Fig. 3, and uponeach ofv the said spindles beside the cylinder is a ratchet-wheel,

' V, byineans of which the spindle and'cylindotare rotated intermittently by thevibrating movements of theratchet u upon'the arm ai, the extreme ends of which n1 slide inthe inclined slits h2 hi, with the shding movemcntsof the frame S?? In the rotation of the' paper against the face of vthe type and give the impression, as shown in Figs. 5 and (i. The arrangementaud operation ofthe spiral groove It arc elcarlyshown 'iuFigs' S and Si. In each of these printing apparat-uses, within the bearing formed for the spindle F in the franse S, Fig, S, there 'is formed a circular recess for the reception of the dog a, (shown in red v1ines',) which traverses t-hc spiral. grooreit in the act of moving the spindle cndwisc. This' dog is attached-to the 'trigger 4 by a pivot in the centerof the hub Z of the frame, on which both turn. When the dog u is in the positionshown in l-`ig.-8, it followein the spiral groove R,aand the spindle is moved 'endwiseagaihst the face of the spiral springe, Fig. '3, and continuesso to do untilthe 'trigger 4 comes in contact with the stud-6 iu the movable collar' 8, which has the ei'eot to turn the dog in the positionshownriu Fig. il," when the spring' s .reacts and slides the spindle' cndwise in the direction indicated by the arrow, the dog nY slidingin the straight groove T \1i1til,tl\e ,1rig ger 1t` comes in contact with the stud 7, which ,plenos the dog n in the position shown in Fig. 8, in readiness to again traverse the' spiral groove, audthus move-the spindle' ondwise. It will be, scenthat the dog n. turns in the.

v-space formed at the junction. of the right. groove with cach turn of the spiral groove atyo o, so thatif it is not necessary thntthe spinL fdleslide fully'to the end to print therequiid number of pages. the collar S may hcixcdin the proper position tc'turn the dog ain eitherv one ot' the said spaces o, and permit thc return of the'spin'dlcwhon the required nnmbcrof pages' have beenpri ntcd.

he'typcs o' r upon.tho cylinder are inked .by conmetwnh the iatioovemi miler 15u-man is supplied by the anxiiiaryroller l from :he

-foujntaiu s, Fig; (i,A the said hiking-roller ocingrevolved by mcansof the gears .r a: the latter engaging with the gear y, which revolves with the ratchetwhecl W, Figs. 6 and One of the paging apparatuses. as above decribed, is arranged to print npoiieuch side ofl the paper, asshown. nFig. 3, in. which een .nection they have a reci procatiug 'movement equal at the time the impression ismade to. thc'swiitness-with which the paper moves, lo avoid blurring',- the same. Y- I The reciprocating moycmentvoi the paging: lappa'n'atns prodncenmlme vibrating .movement of the ratchetfarm w, caused by its sliding in 4 .the inclined slot h or h3, Fig. 3. in paging books of but few pag'esthe types may be arf? ranged at greater distances asnnder, and the ratchet-arm may have agreater r. nge of niction vto providefor' the increase of distance between the types; -r separate cylinders and ratchet-wheelsto correspond with any increase or decrease of distance between the types, may

ranged substantially as 'above described, and

besubstitutedj in paging leaves for different" operati ng rit-h a reciprocating movement, constitutes one feature oi' improvement in my l machine. Y i

, "I n connection witlrthcabove-described pagy ing apparatus, I arrange a euttingor shearing apparatus, a detached View of which is show-n p in Fig. 10, and consists of asharp angularedged blade, 7c,'arranged in a reciprocating l frame, mwhich forms a ilattable o'ver which the ruled and pagedisheet passes, as shown by the blue linesjn Fig. The said blade shears or cuts in connection with the square .edge of the said table, and the blade islield nplifted by the'springs U, one at each end. thereof. A fricticrrroller arranged ali-each end-of the top edge of the blade by contact with the inclined surface of the stationary ,'-projection i'. forces the blade down, and in so fdoing 4quickly severs the folio sheet'from theV .end of the continuous sheet of paper. Ihe i eci procatingltable slides upon suitable guides, NV, by motion transmitted through theconnectingaod N from the crank a, whiclrreciprocates the paging apparatus that prints` the undersurlliee of the. paper.

It willbe seen that the paging and cutting vapparatuses are operated by the same cranks,-

and the two paging apparatuses by cranks of equal 4length cf strokeyand that these two devices space olf and divide the continuons sheet into folio leavesandpa'ges assaid sheet moves` 1 alongr by the action of the drawingrollers A..

A, in conseqnence of which arrangement the 'width ol' thelpage and the size of the sheet depends upon therelaii-ve velocity of the cranks, which cut the said sheet at intervals once with each revolution,- and the drawing rollers A A,

which earrythe paper along during Suchintervalsbeneath the cutting device. 'lhns,if the veloci ty of the drawingrollers be increased, more in lengtlifof the continuous sheet will be carried along before the cutter descends,

andthe sheet and pages wiiljbe larger,l andv viele versa.

The cutting apparatus, 4arranged and operating snbstanti all y as described, forms another feature of improvement lin my machine.

rlhe sheets'` thus cut from the continuous` sheet arefolded in folio forni by means of the. vertically-sliding folder f, in connection with the two folding-rollers I( l.,the said folder f consisting of 'a' thin sheet ci' metal formed as shown in Figs. 11 and l2, and acting to double and carry the doubled edge between the fold-A ing-rollers; and in order that it may more snre'l y perform this function I construct the said folder with an independent sliding piece, j?,

which is subjected to the action of a spring, k.,

andfl turn the rollers K l'smaller at each end,V `as shown in Fig. ll so tliatthat portion ofthe folder reach side of the independent slid in"er 'ie in-.fijybe admitted between the rollers.

The spring L presses 'the sliding piece j down,-

so that the edge of the latter'is even with the lower edge of the folder, andthe severed sheet being deposited beneath the folder,it descends, and, folding thc sheet, carries it between the rollers, the portions f upon euch side of the folderf carrying the sheet on down as far as 'the center of the rollers, (see 14`ig.l1,) while the1 sliding piece is arrested bythe stop u coming in cont-act with the cross-bar n, and held from passing between the rolls, though it affordsthc'needed support to the Vsheet until `it is 'seized bythe revolving rolleis.;y The folderfis attached by connecting-rods rifg'npon eachY -side to two levers, h, which communicate the' required motion to the folder from the studs r in the face of the gears 9 upon cach side ol' the machine.` The folding rollers havelan equal velocity by. being conneeted'by two equal gears, h', upon oneend of each, and they are revolved by' apnlleyat the opposite end of one'of them anda belt connecting with` tzc pulley HX on the drivingshaft, Fig. fI anraware that athin edge of metal has been previously employed to carry paper, &c.,

between two' revolving rollers to effect the folding of the sanne, but IV am not aware that a folder and a pair of rollers of the 'peculiar construction and arrangement shown and dey v 2. The reciprocating paging apparatus, ar:

ranged and operating substantially as shown and described, for thev purpose specified.`

3. The peculiar cuttingapparatus, arranged and operating substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

. 4; The peculiar v construction and arrangement of the folder fand the folding-'rollers P P, substantially as sliown and described, 'for the purpose specified.'Y

5. The combination and. arrangement of the 'several apparatuses comprising the within-described machine, whereby the successive op erationsmay be performed in 'their proper order upona continuous sheet of paper while in motion, substantially as herein specified.

Y 'IH'OlliAS T. MGRRELL.

VV'itnessc-s: lsAAc A. iiownnLL, ALFRED H. BET'rs. 

